Turn off the background data

[Guest Squide]

I guess the Rom is keep on sending and receiving too frequently

while it is suppose to sleep.

[Guest Rusty!]

Triples the battery life, but pretty much defeats the object of having an Android phone. You might as well set it to 2G only as well to save some more.

[Guest Stevvie]

Triples the battery life, but pretty much defeats the object of having an Android phone. You might as well set it to 2G only as well to save some more.

Thats what I do, 'turn off background data','2G only' and use apndroid to turn off my APN. Then IF I need internet access I turn it all back on using Extended controls (well worth ther 0.71p it cost

[Guest wapz]

i am amazed nobody uses whatsapp or talk for daily use. sms is pretty much dead here in NL. we all use instant messaging therefore background data is important. it isn't an option to disable it.

[Guest goatee]

I know a few people who use whatsapp, but SMS is very widely used in the UK, and is cheap as well, so there's less call for whatsapp.

i am amazed nobody uses whatsapp or talk for daily use. sms is pretty much dead here in NL. we all use instant messaging therefore background data is important. it isn't an option to disable it.

[Guest Kouwezakkie]

i am amazed nobody uses whatsapp or talk for daily use. sms is pretty much dead here in NL. we all use instant messaging therefore background data is important. it isn't an option to disable it.

Sorry to kick this dead horse of a thread alive again, but 'sms dead in the Netherlands'? Vodafone has seen a *rise* in SMS traffic the past year (corrected for number of contractants), and I have *three* people in my contact list (which is pretty large and growing) that *more or less* actively use Whatsapp (meaning I send 'em a message and they open WA five hours later and reply, which I only read the next morning).

I love SMS for the directness of communication, and it seems I'm not alone. All this crap of the telecom providers about missing revenue from declining volumes of SMSs sent is just a load of hooey IMO.